Friday, October 22, 2010

13th Annual Lewis N. Cotlow Conference

The Anthropology Department held its 13th annual Lewis N. Cotlow Student Research Conference on October 15, 2010. The annual conference provides students with an opportunity to present findings to an audience of fellow students and faculty members.

Presentations given this year by undergraduate and graduate students spanned a diverse range of topics:

The militarization of Guam and Chamoru social movements

The genetics of a Siberian population

Gender ideology among Asians in Vancouver

Punk Islam

Spiritual healing in Brazil

Educational and employment opportunities for woman in India

Derussification in the Ukraine

Asexuality

Sugar daddy relationships in New York City

Catholic and Muslim immigrants in Sweden

Brain connectivity and myelin-associated proteins in human evolution

West Coast Swing vs. Lindy Hop

Bone structure and human locomotion

Obstetric fistula surgery

Fossil footprints

Trabecular bone architecture in mammals adapted to speed and endurance

Since its establishment in 1990 by a bequest of $150,000 from the estate of Lewis Cotlow, an explorer, author, and filmmaker who attended GW. The Lewis Cotlow Fund has aided more than 150 students in conducting anthropological research throughout the world.

The faculty and staff of the Anthropology Department would like to congratulate all presenters on a job well done!